Hello possum! Creature appears among cuddly toys in Australian airport gift shop

Above the possum were bilbies, marsupials with rabbit-like long ears, and dingoes, Australia’s native dog

An Australian brushtail possum sits on the display shelf in a terminal shop at Hobart Airport in Australia (Melissa Oddie via AP)

A real possum surprised staff when it appeared on shelves crammed with cuddly toy animals in an Australian airport gift shop.

A browsing passenger spotted the Australian brushtail possum peering out from among the toy kangaroos on the display shelf at the departure terminal shop at Hobart Airport in Tasmania state, airport retail manager Liam Bloomfield said.